Yo Blackstrike 94 here with another chapter.
Now as I said before there will be OCs meaning more than one but there will only be four more and they will not be as focused on as Raiga. There will be two devil fruit users and two without.
On with the show.
Chapter 2 The Legend Starts and The First Mate
20th Year of the Great Pirate Era
17th Year of the Revolution
"Goodbye," yelled Luffy as he and Raiga waved to the people of windmill village. The two foster brothers had come a long way since that day when Raiga was freed from his chains. Dragon had kept to his word, coming back to visit when he knew Garp and any other high ranking government official was far away. He taught them how to fight but suggested that they learn from Garp, which they did without Garp suspecting a thing. To be honest both had grown into fine young men.
Raiga had grown his hair out into a ponytail that reached his mid back and a thin mustache and goatee. He had gained a large amount of muscle mass to the point of having a six-pack and stood at six and a half feet tall. On his right shoulder he had a tattoo of the World Governments symbol circled with a slash going through it. He also had a five inch R, the symbol of the Revolutionary Army, in between his shoulder blades right over the circle of the Celestial Dragon's brand. Over all this he wore black jeans with a red tank top and a black fur lined denim trench coat. Two waraxes hung from his waist and he had a strange backpack.
Luffy was just a few inches shorter than Raiga at six-foot-two with a ponytail of wild black hair. He was highly muscular with a six pack as well. He had a large one foot R tattooed on his back. He wore a red vest, blue jeans, and sandals.
The villagers waved back at the two young men until they saw a shape rise from the water behind them. It was the Lord of the Coast! The two youths turned to face him.
"Do ya mind?" Luffy asked the giant eel as he released a small amount of haki on the creature, "we're trying to set sail."
What is this man?
"Huh? You hear something?" Luffy asked Raiga who shook his head.
Impossible, he can hear me?
Luffy looked at the sea king, "so thats you?"
Yes, said the giant eel fearfully.
"Let's have him pull the boat," said Raiga.
"Good idea, so how about it?" Luffy asked with a smirk.
Fine said the coastal sea king as Raiga brought out some ropes and tied them around the giant eel's neck.
"By the way do you have a name?" Luffy asked.
No master.
"Ok first, Luffy, not master, and second how about Sutoka for you name? Because you stalk your prey in the depths."
Sutoka, I like it.
"Alright Sutoka, onward," Luffy yelled.
Where to?
Luffy was quiet at that, "well, can you see any ships close by?"
Raiga slapped his forehead, "you idiot."
I do smell a ship to the northwest said Sutoka with a sweatdrop.
"Alright head that way!" yelled Luffy.
An hour later
As the ship came into view the three saw a pirate ship with a swan as a figurehead firing on it.
"Well this complicates things," said Raiga.
"Sutoka, hide behind those rocks and wait for my signal," said Luffy pointing at a rock formation. "Me and Raiga are gonna secure some supplies."
As you wish.
With that, Luffy stretched out his arm to the cruise ship and grabbed Raiga.
"Gum Gum Rocket!"
The two step brothers flew through the air and landed on the ship's deck with ease. "Kitchen must be this way," said Luffy with a growling stomach.
"Always with your stomach," Raiga said shaking his head, but then his own stomach groaned and he followed his brother with an embarrassed look.
When they arrived at the kitchen they saw a few pirates bullying a small pink-haired boy. One of the thugs just turned around and saw them, "who are you?" he yelled drawing the attention of his companions.
"You know, when asking someone's name it's considered polite to give your own," said a smirking Raiga.
"Screw manners, we're pirates," the three men said as they rushed Raiga with their blades.
Raiga just sighed and swiped his arm, breaking the three men's swords. The cowards shared a look, then ran for their lives. "Honestly some people just don't have any tact," said a smirking Raiga.
"Shishishishi," laughed Luffy as he turned to the tiny wimp, "so whats your name?"
"C-C-C-Coby," the boy said, "you know those guys are part of Lady Alvida's crew right?"
"Iron Mace Alvida huh?" said Luffy, "only a bounty of five million belli so that won't be a problem."
"Are you serious?" yelled Coby, "Alvida is deadly with her club and has an entire crew of pirates with her-"
"Hey do you know where the pantry is?" asked Raiga without a care in the world.
"It's there," said Coby pointing to a door, "any way how can you treat this like it's nothing?"
"Are you part of Alvida's crew?" asked Luffy as he began to stuff his mouth full of apples while Raiga began chowing on dried meat.
"Yeah but they basically enslaved me to the crew, I have to do all the chores and they beat on me time after time," said Coby with a depressed look.
"So why haven't you tried to run away?" asked Raiga through a mouthful of meat.
"No way!" said the boy, "the mere thought of going against Alvida makes me want to puke, plus I would be killed before I took a few steps. Impossible! Impossible! Impossible! Imp-"
WHAM!
Luffy's fist slammed down on Coby's head.
"Why did you hit me?"
"One, you were hysterical, and two, felt like it."
"Who are you guys?" asked Coby.
"Names Mjolnir Raiga," said the smirking man in denim with a feral smirk.
"And I'm Monkey D. Luffy, the man who will be King of the Pirates."
Coby was stunned, "King of the pirates? To become that you need all the world has to offer and find the legendary treasure of Gold Roger, the One Piece."
"Yep," said Luffy as Raiga began gathering barrels and crates and tying them together with rope.
"But thats impossible in this great pirate era. There are hundreds of pirates searching for One Piece and one man like you had no chance to find it first. No way! No way! No wa-"
WHAM!
Coby was silenced by another fist courtesy of Raiga.
"Why did you hit me?"
"I felt like it because you were being annoying."
"Wow you're a gutless coward," said Luffy who then he laughed, "we hate people like you."
"Blunt as a hammer," sighed Raiga.
Luffy took off his hat, "this hat represents a promise to my mentor," he then lifted his shirt showing his tattoo, "and this mark represents the promise I made to my father. I swore that I would give my mentor back this hat after I became a great pirate. I also swore to my dad that I would help fight for the world's true freedom. If I die trying to keep these promises and making my dream come true, then I die. But until then I'll fight with every ounce of my strength."
"I made the same vow to our dad," said Raiga with a stern face.
Coby looked at the two brothers in awe, "do you…. do you think I could become a marine."
"A marine?" asked Luffy.
"Yes, it's always been my dream to be a marine and catch bad guys. So do you think I could be one?" asked the timid boy.
"Depends on whether or not you have the guts to fight for that dream," said Luffy.
"I'll do it!" yelled Coby, "I'll escape become a marine and catch Alvida!"
CRASH!
"Who are you going to catch Coby?!" said a very fat woman with a large mace as she crashed through the ceiling.
"Lady Alvida!" screamed Coby.
Alvida looked to the two men in the room. "Well you're not Zoro," she smirked, "Coby who is-"
"Who's the whale?" asked Luffy which earned a jaw drop from Alvida and Coby and a slap on the forehead from Raiga.
Alvida's forehead gained several bulging veins, "BRAT!" she screamed swinging her mace.
Raiga grabbed the provisions and Luffy grabbed Coby as they jumped out through the hole in the ceiling. As they landed on deck, Alvida's crew rushed them. Luffy took a stance.
"Gum Gum Gatling!"
Alvida's entire crew was blown away by the technique as Luffy's two fists blurred punching so fast, it looked like there were a dozen arms.
"What are you?" screamed Coby as his eyes were popped out of his skull from surprise.
Luffy stretched out his cheek, "I'm a rubber man because I ate the Gum Gum Fruit."
Everyone save Raiga was stunned.
"Devil fruits, so they do exist," said Alvida, "just who are you?"
Luffy smirked, "I'm Monkey D. Luffy, pirate."
"A pirate huh," said a now smirking Alvida, "that makes us enemies!" she screamed as she brought down her club which Luffy caught with ease. Alvida was utterly shocked as Luffy realed back his fist.
"Gum Gum Pistol."
Luffy's arm shot forward and slammed into Alvida sending her flying. The rest of Alvida's crew were at a loss for words.
BOOM!
A cannonball exploded next to the boat and Luffy saw three marine battleships. He wanted to fight but he was going to help Coby with his dream. He lifted his fingers to his mouth and gave a loud whistle. Sutoka pulled up next to the boat and all the pirates backed away. "Alright, let's go," said Luffy as he picked up a shell shocked Coby and jumped into the boat, followed by his brother carrying the provisions.
"Well Coby we're on our way to the closest marine base, but I want you to promise me that you will stay true to your ideals. There is a ton of corruption within the system and I would prefer that you stay true to your ideals and not become like the tyrants that I plan to fight. Also remember that what people tell you isn't always the truth."
"I promise," said Coby with a huge smile.
A couple days later
The estranged trio saw their island destination. "Well, there it is Coby, the closest island with a marine base," said Luffy as he undid Sutoka's ropes, "Sutoka, you should hide off the coast, wouldn't want to cause a panic would we?"
Very well Luffy, said the sea king as he swam off. The three docked and began to walk through the town.
"I heard that the infamous bounty hunter Roronoa Zoro is imprisoned here," said Coby, "they say he's a swordsman that sold his soul to the devil."
"Hahaha, guess I'll just have to go to the marine base to see Zoro then," said Luffy.
At the mention of the infamous bounty hunter everyone in hearing range backed away in fear.
Coby was nervous at that. "Well I guess I'll just go enlist, I hear that the captain of this base is Morgan."
At the that everyone backed away even further.
"Okay Zoro I can understand, but Captain Morgan? Why would they be scared?"
"Coby remember your promise," said Raiga.
Once they made it to the wall surrounding the marine base Coby sighed, "well, I guess this is good-"
"Hey I found Zoro," said Luffy who was on top of the wall next to Raiga.
"What are you doing up there?" screamed Coby, "if they see you you're sure to get arrested!"
Coby climbed up next to them and saw a figure tied to a post in a crucifixion pose.
Coby gulped, "that's definitely him. The bandana, the sash, and the menacing aura, that's Roronoa Zoro without a doubt."
They heard a clank and looked to their right to see a little girl climbing over the wall and running towards Zoro.
The three watched calmly in Luffy and Raiga's case and worriedly in Coby's case.
When the girl reached Zoro, she held out a napkin with a couple of rice balls, "here, I made them just for you."
"Get lost kid," said Zoro.
"But you must be really hungry-"
"I said get lost!" yelled Zoro.
"Now now Zoro," came an arrogant voice. heads turned to see a blond teenager wearing a purple suit with an oval head and an arrogant expression. He was flanked by two marines. "Yelling at kids, you really are a brute."
"Helmeppo-teme."
"Oh rice balls, don't mind if I do," said the now identified Helmeppo, taking one of the rice balls and shoving it in his mouth. "Ack what is this sugar? You're supposed to put salt in these idiot! Salt!" The arrogant boy slapped the second rice ball out of the girls hands and stomped it into the dirt.
"No! I worked on those really hard for Zoro!" yelled the girl.
"What a creep," said Coby. Luffy and Raiga couldn't help but nod in agreement.
"You know my father Captain Morgan has decreed that anyone attempting to help a criminal is to be executed on the spot, but since you're a kid I'll show mercy." He turned to one of his escorts, "throw her over the wall."
"But she's just a child," protested the marine.
"I'll tell my father," said Helmeppo.
The marine lowered his head and bent down telling the girl to curl into a ball to lessen the impact.
He then chucked her over the wall. But Luffy jumped to catch her with one hand holding onto the wall with the arm stretching out. At the same Raiga grabbed the wall, swung down, and punched the wall so a chunk flew off and hit Helmeppo in between the eyes, knocking him out.
"Helmeppo!" yelled the marines, who grabbed him and ran for the base.
Luffy handed the girl to Coby, "take her to her mom, we'll talk to Zoro."
Coby nodded and did as he was told while the two brothers walked towards Zoro who was laughing his ass off."
"HAHAHAHAHA, it's about time someone did that to that arrogant weakling," said the swordsman. "So what do you want?"
"Join my pirate crew," Luffy said simply.
"No thanks," said Zoro, "I have a dream to fulfil and being a pirate will just get in the way."
"Well that's just a little too bad for you because I decided that you're joining."
"You can't decide that for me bastard!" screamed an angry Zoro.
"Just give it up, when my brother decides something it gets done" said Raiga as he leaned down so he was eye level with Zoro, "so whats that dream of yours? Must be something if you have a reputation as a demon."
Zoro scoffed, "I could care less about people's opinion of me," he then gained a dead serious look, "I will be the world's greatest swordsman."
"Then why not join my brother's crew?"
"Because I have enough on my plate without a bounty on my head, now get lost but before you leave can you give me that rice ball?"
"Sure," said Luffy as he picked up the smashed rice ball and fed it to Zoro who choked on it.
"Tell her it was good."
"Sure," said Raiga as he and Luffy walked away.
A few minutes later
"He liked it?" asked the little girl who introduced herself as Rika.
"Yep, ate the whole thing," said Luffy with a laugh.
"So why is he locked up?" asked Coby.
Rika proceeded to tell them about how Helmeppo's wolf attacked her and Zoro killed it to protect her. Helmeppo then made a deal with Zoro. If Zoro could survive for a month without food then Rika and her mother would be spared from execution. "Now he just has ten days left."
"Well that makes me want Zoro on my crew even more," said Luffy but I guess we'll need to wait until he's free."
Marine base
"Why have the people's tributes dwindled?" asked a huge tan man with blond hair, a metal jaw, and an axe for a hand sitting behind a desk. This was Captain Axe Hand Morgan.
A marine looked nervous, "well sir, the people don't have enough-"
"I don't care if they are too poor," said Morgan, "what matters is them respecting me. Rank and strength is everything in this world. I am the highest ranked and the strongest on this island so what I do is right. Now follow me and let's raise the symbol of my greatness."
A few hours later
Luffy and the others were sitting in the restaurant owned by Rika's mother before Helmeppo barged in demanding to be served, but he had a huge bruise covering most of his face. He sighed, "it's so boring around here, good thing I'm executing Zoro tomorrow, to think he actually believed I would keep my end of the bargain."
Suddenly Luffy appeared in front of him and delivered a punch that sent him into the street.
"How dare you!" Helmeppo screamed, "do you know who I am?"
"A selfish, arrogant, and weak punk leaching off his daddy's name," said Luffy.
Helmeppo ran toward the base with his escorts in tow, "I'm telling my father!"
"Well, we might as well go free Zoro," said Luffy turning to Raiga who was fiddling with some items from his backpack, "you coming?"
"Nah, you and me together would be overkill for here. Just go and have fun," said Raiga.
Marine base yard
"What do you want? I already said that I wouldn't join you."
"I'm going to steal your swords back and if you want them you will join."
"THATS BLACKMAIL YOU BASTARD!"
"Well see ya," and with that Luffy dashed off.
Cheeky bastard.
Marine Base Roof
"Father you have to deal with that man, even you've never hit me," yelled Helmeppo.
"And do you know why?" asked the tall marine captain.
"Because I'm your beloved-"
"Wrong!" yelled Morgan as hit punched his son, "the reason is because that you are not worth hitting my stupid son. I let you use my name but I will not fight your battles. Remember, I am the great one not you." Morgan turned back to his troops who were trying to hoist up a giant statue of him.
"Wow you're arrogant and conceited, and quite a dumbass if you think about it," said a voice. Everyone saw a boy with a straw hat appear above the statue and deliver a punch that shattered it.
Morgan went berserk at that, "kill him!'
Luffy spotted Helmeppo and grabbed him, "you're taking me to get Zoro's swords." As Luffy dragged Helmeppo through the hall, Helmeppo screamed at him, "the swords are in my room, you just passed it!"
Luffy went back the way he came and entered a room one would expect a girl to have. He saw three swords leaning against the wall and grabbed them. Just then he saw a commotion in the yard.
Marine base yard- a few moments earlier
"Get lost kid I just need to survive for-"
"The're gonna execute you tomorrow," interrupted Coby, "That Helmeppo guy was bragging about it. I can't stand to see marines doing this, Luffy actually beat Helmeppo up for that. I'm not asking you to be a pirate, but please help Luffy."
Zoro was pissed to say the least.
"Stop right there!"
The two turned their heads to see Morgan with a few soldiers pointing rifles at them. "Ready, FIRE!"
Just then a blur flashed past them and took the bullets.
"Luffy!"
The bullets stretched out Luffy's skin. "You can have them back!" The bullets were fired back into the guns, destroying them.
To say that everyone but Coby was shocked was an understatement.
"What are you?" asked Zoro.
Luffy turned back to Zoro and smiled, "I'm a rubber man that ate the Gum Gum fruit."
"Ok, but mind untying me so I can live?"
"If bullets don't work use your swords!" shouted Morgan and his soldiers rushed them with blades drawn.
Luffy walked up to Zoro and grabbed the ropes, tearing them off. Zoro unsheathed his blades and blocked the swing of every marine sword, "one wrong move and you're dead," he said menacingly. The marines turned pale as sheets. Zoro turned to Luffy and looked him dead in the eye, "I've just made myself an enemy of the government so I'll join your crew. But if anything you do interferes with my dream you will regret it."
Luffy nodded with a smile, then his smile became mischievous,"hey Zoro, duck."
Zoro ducked and Luffy's leg whipped above him.
"Gum Gum Whip!"
The marines were knocked back towards Morgan screaming. As they pulled themselves up, they started questioning how they could defeat an enemy like that.
"To all of you who just spouted weakness, this is an order," said Morgan. "Shoot yourselves in the head, I have no use for weakness."
"Wow, a coward and an idiot, you're a real piece of work," said a voice. Everyone looked to the top of the wall to see Raiga. "Luffy, what am I going to do with you? You can't help but get into trouble. Well, I guess it can't be helpped. You can beat up metalface then we can get supplies and go."
"Shishishishishi, alright metalface, I'm gonna kick your ass!"
Morgan had a vein bulging on his forehead, "you brat, do you know who I am? I am the great marine CAPTAIN AXE HAND MORGAN!" he screamed as he brought his axe down on the ground, creating a fissure.
Luffy calmly side stepped the fissure and drew back his arm, twisting it into a spring like shape.
"Gum Gum Rifle!"
Morgan was hit square in the face and sent flying into the base of his fortress. He broke through two walls and fell unconscious. The marines were speechless at this. Then they cheered, happy that Morgan was defeated and they were free.
"Easy there," said Raiga who caught Zoro as he was about to fall over.
"Can I get something to eat?"
Luffy laughed, "sure."
Rika's mother's restaurant
"AH! I'm so stuffed," said a content Zoro, "not eating for twenty days can really work up an appetite."
"Well it's a good thing we had so much food," said Luffy, patting his bloated stomach.
"You're both gluttons," said Raiga, picking his teeth.
"You ate just as much as us!" shouted Zoro.
"I know, but my devil fruit ability makes it so that my nutritional intake needs are double that of a regular human," Raiga replied.
"You there," the three men turned to see the marines, "my name is Commander Ripper, since you liberated this island from Morgan's tyranny, we will not report you to the government. But we also can not house pirates so we will ask you to leave immediately. As an extra thank you we stocked your ship with supplies." The towns people argued against this but the three pirates stood up and began to leave. "Hey isn't he with you?" the commander asked pointing to Coby.
Crap thought Coby if they find out I was on a pirate ship they won't let me join.
"Well you see," said Luffy, "there was this fat pirate and-"
"Shut up!" yelled Coby as he punched Luffy, which Luffy responded to by punching him into the wall.
"Enough! It's clear he's not with you," said the commander.
He was helping me one more time Coby realized.
Docks
"Well we're ready to go," said Zoro.
"Casting off," said Raiga.
The three men look to the shore one last time and saw the marines and Coby saluting them, then heard the commander banning food for three days for saluting a pirate boat.
"So what's my position?" asked Zoro.
"You can be the first mate," said Raiga.
"I thought you would be the first mate because you're the captain's brother," said Zoro.
"Bah, I need time to work on my inventions," said Raiga patting his backpack, "I'll be the second mate you take the position of first mate."
"By the way," said Luffy, "did you make any progress?"
"I was able to finish a second set of twin poses," said Raiga taking out the items.
"Twin poses?" asked Zoro.
"They're my own invention," said Raiga, "by supercharging the needles with my lightning and tipping them with a special magnetic crystal, I can create a pair of compasses that will always point to one another."
"It's for when we have more ships under our command," said Luffy.
"That's kinda cool," said Zoro, "so what kind of devil fruit power do you have Raiga?
"It's called the Behir Behir Fruit," replied Raiga, "it's a mythical zoan type that allows me to become a behir."
"Nice," said an impressed Zoro.
"Well I might as well call him," said Luffy as he took a breath, Zoro was confused at this. "Sutoka!" yelled Luffy.
"A sea king?!" yelled Zoro as the giant eel rose out of the water and let Raiga tie the ropes around his neck.
"Yep, his name is Sutoka," said Luffy.
Hello said Sutoka.
"He says hello," said Luffy.
"Hello to you too," said Zoro.
"Enough talk to the next island!" shouted Luffy.
End
Current ages:
Luffy-17
Raiga-18
Zoro-20
Current ranks:
Luffy-Captain
Zoro-First Mate
Raiga-Second Mate
Sutoka- war beast
Translations:
Sutoka-stalker
Raiga-lightning fang
Mjolnir-hammer of the nordic god of thunder
teme-bastard
Finally done
I might be getting behind in updates but this is the second chapter
the twin poses look like eternal poses
Also harem will be revealed as they join
there will be some changes that i think you guys will love
Well merry christmas
Blackstrike 94 out!